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New and coming-soon restaurants in Derby City
Reservation for two, please.
November 07, 2025 01:00 PM
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Gabe Guarente
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Business
A Q&A with Merryweather + YachtSea co-owner J.C. Denison
We get the scoop on the new nautical-themed bar and restaurant coming to Butchertown.
April 1, 2024
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Declan Lowthian
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Business
2 genre-based bookstores are bringing readers to LOU
When it comes to books, LOU really knows how to turn a page.
March 18, 2024
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Declan Lowthian
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Culture
7 Irish Pubs in Louisville, KY
You can feel the luck of the Irish at any of these Derby City establishments.
March 13, 2024
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Culture
Phalcha Coffee is open in Louisville’s Germantown
Phalcha Coffee opened in Germantown earlier this month
March 11, 2024
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Jeff Milby
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Travel and Outdoors
Let’s go glamping, Louisville
Progress Park is open for the season.
March 5, 2024
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Jeff Milby
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Culture
Louisville thrift shoppers are on the hunt for this missing artwork
A framed portrait has gone missing after being mistakenly donated to Goodwill on Valentine’s Day.
February 22, 2024
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Declan Lowthian
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Retail
The best Valentine’s Day gifts for 2024
Shop Valentine’s Day chocolates, couple’s games, cookware, candles, and fuzzy socks to spread the love.
January 24, 2024
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Vagney Hampshire
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Food
2 Louisville chefs are semifinalists for the 2024 James Beard Awards
It’s like the Oscars, but for food.
January 24, 2024
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Jeff Milby
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Earlybird Bagel Shop rolling into Schnitzelburg
We bet you’ve never had a cacio e pepe bagel before, until now.
January 11, 2024
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Katie Molck
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Culture
These 4 Louisville diners really hit the spot
It’s another episode of, “Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives.”
December 19, 2023
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Jeff Milby
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These labels are distilled in such small batches they’re nearly impossible to find outside the Bluegrass State.
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